From Making Momentum … One of the most popular, best-selling business and personal development books is Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People. A habit is defined as, “an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary”. Based on that, we’re looking to build effective money habits that help us take […]

Buying and selling abandoned storage units as a way to make money is probably the most interesting side hustle I’ve ever done (and I’ve had a bunch of side hustles!). For about a year, from 2010 – 2011, I bought several of these storage lockers at auction. This post is all about my experience, and […]

By Greg Magnuson of The Money Vikings After years of investing and talking with many self-made wealthy people, I am convinced that we all get about 3-4 big financial opportunities to make quantum leaps in building our net worth. In order to reach F.I.R.E. we need to leverage each one of these opportunities. I am an […]

From {in-deed-a-bly} … Measuring and monitoring allows us to assess the effectiveness of our actions, and learn from them. What should we do more of? What should we do differently? Is there anything we should we stop doing entirely? This collection of charts that has helped keep me honest about the progress of my own […]

From Deeply in Debt .. Want to know what it’s like having a baby if you have debt? “Imagine you are drowning, and then someone hands you a baby.” (Jim Gaffigan) We had our sweet baby M my last semester of law school. When I was pregnant and people found out that I was also […]

From Carl Seidman … Millennials will soon make up 60% of the workforce causing a major disruption in how Americans work and live. Companies must adapt to meet their needs. The solution is for the workforce to do something unexpected. Carl is a strategic management advisor whose perspectives on life and work have attracted the attention […]

From Financial Mechanic … For too long, the myth that women are somehow bad with money has perpetuated our media, marketing, and minds. Advice based on these false assumptions conveys that women are at fault. If they only negotiated harder, took on more risks, and (in short) acted more like a man, then they would […]

From Be Net Worthy … The fundamental principles involved in achieving financial independence have been known since at least Babylonian times (The Richest Man in Babylon). Financial advisors and others in the financial services industry, however, would like you to believe that it is too complicated for regular people to understand. This is how they […]

From Freedom is Groovy … If you’re not married, the best way to grow your income is to get married. Here are the income statistics on various household types from a recent Census Bureau report. In 2016, an unmarried dude with no kids was making 48% of what a married couple was making. An unmarried […]

From Financial Imagineer … “What would you do if you received a jackpot? How does it actually feel to receive a windfall? What to do with it and how could it impact your life in the short, medium and long run? Once upon a time, I won a windfall myself. I got invited to participate as […]